How far have we come in reducing health disparities? progress since 2000 : workshop summary

"At the turn of the 21st century, several important reports and events designed to raise awareness of health disparities and to describe initial efforts to reduce health disparities took place. The Surgeon General's office released several reports that showed dramatic disparities in tobacc...

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Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities (-), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, National Academies Press (U.S.)
Other Authors: Anderson, Karen M. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2012.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622255106719
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 What Progress in Reducing Health Disparities Has Been Made?: A Historical Perspective""; ""3 Healthy People 2010: How Far Have We Come in Reducing Health Disparities?""; ""4 Federal Perspectives on Reducing Health Disparities""; ""5 Promising Practices in Addressing Social Determinants: Obesity Prevention""; ""6 What Do We Still Need to Learn About Reducing Health Disparities?""; ""7 Legislative Actions to Reduce Health Disparities""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches""